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ODRADEK
Stella aeternus familiaris
‘Being that was, is & will be.’

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ODRADEK
‘Being that was, is & will be.’

Odradek is all that remains. He is an assemblage
of odds and ends, bits and scraps, bric-a-brac and
loosened parts held together with faded memories.
Attached and detached, he is an elaborate dust bunny
of orbiting detritus. Hapless and laughable, yes, but no
one’s practical joke; it’s made of us. Objective, without
purpose, Odradek is the uninvited houseguest that never
leaves, a timeless, unfinished New Year’s Eve noisemaker.
Year after year after year after year after year...
Odradek will outlast us all.

DESCRIPTION:
As is. A domestic pest.

VOICE:
Rusted watch works. Lungless laughter.

HABITAT:
One in every home.


There’s a star on the stairs.

A spider, a spur.
A crab, a crank.
A cat toy. Broken & intact.

Wooden, with snapped black sutures,
bitten bakery string & fish line
gnarled in its wings,

there’s a star on the stairs.
Ascending.

A weathered pinwheel.
An untold spindle.
A star with a kickstand.
Misunderstood.

Doubt it can bob in the sky
and orbit the neighborhood.
It hides, and rises in degrees.

There’s a star on the stairs.
Staring.

A derelict Christmas decoration
on a gutter or roof of a garage.
At times, like tackle in the trees.

Cackles like a ratchet.
A dry heave of leaves.
Sits knotted, tangled, in stitches.
Never tells all that it sees.

An aimless, senseless being.
An unintelligible living.
Lifeless. Deathless. Mechanical.

There’s a star on the stairs.

Existing.

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from Necessary Monsters, released October 16, 2021
Music by Carla Kihlstedt
Words by Rafael Osés
Arrangement - Mark Orton

THE PLAYERS:
Rafael Osés - spoken voice
Carla Kihlstedt - voice, violin, marxophone, ratchet
Chris Fisher-Lochhead - viola
Theresa Wong - cello
Freddi Price - piano, euphonium
Matthias Bossi - piano

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Carla Kihlstedt Falmouth, Massachusetts

Make things. Brake things. Start from scratch. Scratch the surface. Let it bleed a braid of music, sound & words.

Bands:
Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Tin Hat, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 2 Foot Yard, Minamo, Causing a Tiger

Composed for: ICEnsemble, ROVA, SFGirls Chorus, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Variant Six, inkBoat, Present Music

Faculty:
NEC Contemporary Improvisation Dept., VCFA MFA Music Comp Dept. ... more

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